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Babbo Menu

antipasti

Marinated Fresh Sardines with caramelized fennel and lobster oil       12
Warm Tripe "alla parmigiana"       11
Grilled Octopus with "borlotti marinati" and spicy limoncello vinaigrette       15
Roasted Beet Tartare with chianti vinegar and ricotta salata       14
Steamed Cockles with red chiles and basil       15
Neci con Funghi Misti       15
Baby Red Oak Leaf with black olive blood orange citronette       9
Summer Beans with heirloom cherry tomatoes and chianti vinaigrette       14
Warm Lamb's Tongue Vinaigrette with morels and a 3-minute egg       13
Prosciutto San Daniele "riserva" with black pepper "fett'unta"       15
Pig Foot "milanese" with rice beans and arugula       15
Testa with pickled pearls and thyme vinaigrette       11
Babbo Salumi with "cipolle modenese" and babbo olives       15
Armandino's Salumi lamb prosciutto and hot sopressata       17

primi

Goat Cheese Tortelloni with dried orange and wild fennel pollen       19
Spaghettini with spicy budding chives and a one pound lobster       26
Maccheroni Alla Chitarra with oven dried tomatoes, red chiles and bottarga di muggine       20
Bucatini All'amatriciana with guanciale, hot pepper and pecorino       20
Fettuccine with house-made pancetta and radicchio       22
Garganelli with "funghi trifolati"       22
Mint Love Letters with spicy lamb sausage       20
Lamb's Brain "francobolli" with lemon and sage       19
Goose Liver Ravioli with balsamic vinegar and brown butter       24
Stinging Nettle Pappardelle with wild boar ragù       23
Pappardelle Bolognese       21
Sweet Potato "lune" with sage and amaretti       19
Homemade Orecchiette with sweet sausage and rapini       19
Gnocchi with braised oxtail       20
Stricchetti with lamb ragu and pecorino di fossa       27
Beef Cheek Ravioli with crushed squab liver and black truffles       23
Linguine with clams, pancetta and hot chiles       21
Black Spaghetti with rock shrimp, spicy salami calabrese and green chiles       25

secondi

Spicy Two Minute Calamari sicilian lifeguard style       24
Whole Grilled Branzino with braised celery and lemon oregano jam       29
Wild Striped Bass with charred leeks, warm treviso and pancetta vinaigrette       29
Duck with chicory, house-made pancetta and brovada       29
Barbecued Squab with roasted beet "farrotto" and porcini mustard       27
Grilled Quail with "scorzonera alla romana" and saba       27
Grilled Guinea Hen with sweet corn fregula and black truffle vinaigrette       28
Rabbit with market beans, pancetta and carrot vinaigrette       28
Grilled Pork Chop with cherry peppers, cipolline and aceto manodori       29
Fennel Dusted Sweetbreads with sweet and sour onions, duck bacon and membrillo vinegar       27
Grilled Lamb Chops "scottadita" with eggplant "in scapece" and lemon yogurt       29
Brasato al Barolo braised beef with porcini mushrooms       29
Barbecued Skirt Steak with fennel "alla piastra" and salsa verde       28
Grilled Ribeye for two, with heirloom tomato panzanella and aceto manodori       70

specials

Babbo Caprese with heirloom tomatoes and mozzarella di bufala       17
Greenmarket Vegetables with coach farm goat cheese       15
Bavette with sungold tomatoes and lemon basil       23
Sweet Leek Agnolotti with sweet corn and castelmagno       24
Wild King Salmon with cucumbers and aceto tradizionale       29
Veal Loin with babbo pancetta and oven-roasted tomato caper vinaigrette       29

contorni

Roasted Beet "farrotto"       7
Rapini with roasted garlic       7
Roasted Potatoes with rosemary       7
Babbo Greens with roasted shallots       7
Heirloom Tomato Panzanella       7
Sweet Corn Fregula       7

pasta tasting menu

$69 Per Person

Black Tagliatelle with charred corn and castelmagno, "vespa bianco," bastianich 2004      
Casunzei with poppy seeds, müller thurgau, muri gries 2006      
Garganelli with "funghi trifolati", morellino di scansano "i perazzi," la mozza 2005      
Domingo's Pyramids with "passato di pomodoro", ghemme, cantalupo 2003      
Pappardelle Bolognese rosso cònero "dorico," moroder 2001      
Frittelle di Caciotta with figs and honey, moscato di trani "piani di tufara," rivera 2004      
Fiore di Latte with raspberry vincotto, "pomele," falesco 2006      
Chocolate Polenta Cake with espresso gelato, recioto della valpolicella "campo casalin," i castei 1995      

our pasta tasting requires the participation of the entire table, accompanying wines $50 per person - as listed above, "the riserva selection" of wines $95 per person - for details ask our sommeliers

traditional tasting menu

$75 Per Person

Babbo Culatello with fiddleheads and pecorino, tocai friulano, rocca bernarda 2005      
Pappardelle with morels and thyme, etna rosso "calderara sottana," terre nere 2005      
Duck Tortelli with "sugo finto", "metiusco," palamà 2002      
Grilled Lamb Loin with summer caponata and mint pesto, marzemino, battistotti 2005      
Coach Farm's Finest with fennel honey, franciacorta brut "millesimato," castellino 1998      
Delizia di Susina brachetto d'acqui, "pineto," marenco 2006      
Chocolate "tartufino" vin santo del chianti classico, castello di meleto 2003      
Lemony Olive Oil Cake with thyme and olive oil gelato, moscato di noto, planeta 2005      

our traditional tasting requires the participation of the entire table, accompanying wines $50 per person - as listed above, "the riserva selection" of wines $95 per person - for details ask our sommeliers

dolci e formaggi

Chocolate Hazelnut Cake with orange sauce and hazelnut gelato       12
Sour Cherry Crostata with "zabaione di vaniglia"       12
Saffron Panna Cotta with peaches, peach sorbetto and mint       12
Warm Almond Budino with blueberries and buttermilk gelato       12
Ricotta Cheesecake with strawberries, sweet cream and aceto manodori       12
Sweet Corn Crema with berries, cherries and figs, and cornmeal zeppole       12
Pistachio and Chocolate Semifreddo       12
Biscotti and Cookies       11
Assortment of Gelati and Sorbetti       11
Selection of Three Cheeses       12
Selection of Five Cheeses       15
Selection of Seven Cheeses murazzano, pecorino cinerino, ubriaco al fragolino, coach farm triple creme, taleggio latte crudo, blu del moncenisio, parmigiano reggiano       18
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